Electoral history of George Washington

George Washington stood for public office five times, winning four times. After an unsuccessful run for the House of Burgesses of colonial Virginia, he served two terms there. Following the American Revolution, Washington served two terms as President of the United States, and is the only independent and the only person unanimously elected to the presidency.

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